Table 2.

Correlations of antibiotic susceptibility profiles and mecA gene carriage with PFGE clusters in S. capitis clinical isolates

Patient group	No. (%) of resistant isolates in PFGE clusters					No. (%) of nonclustered resistant isolates
	I	II	III	IV	V
Treated with:
Penicillin	6 (85.7)	34 (100)	7 (100)	2 (100)	0	2 (40)
Erythromycin	7 (100)	28 (82.4)	6 (85.7)	2 (100)	0	0
Clindamycin	0	1 (2.9)	0	2 (100)	0	1 (20)
Teicoplanin	2 (28.6)	3 (8.8)	1 (14.3)	0	0	0
Vancomycin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oxacillin	7 (100)	34 (100)	7 (100)	2 (100)	0	1 (20)
mecA gene carrier	7 (100)	34 (100)	7 (100)	2 (100)	2 (40)	2 (40)